"If Wishes Came True" is a song recorded by American freestyle/ dance trio Sweet Sensation on their 1990 second studio album, '' Love Child''. It was released as the album's second single on June 14, 1990 by

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and Atlantic Records. It was written by Deena Charles, Robert Steele and Russ DeSalvo, and produced by Steve Peck. The song was a different musical direction for the girl group, known primarily for their freestyle hits. It was the biggest hit of their career, reaching number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on September 1, 1990. The song also became Sweet Sensation's only entry on the ''Billboard''

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chart, where it reached number eight, and it peaked within the top 30 in Canada and New Zealand. According to ''The Billboard Book of Number One Hits'', the members of the group "cried for days" after learning that their song had hit number one. ''Billboard'' named the song number 87 on their list of "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time".

Composition

The album version of the song begins with strings and a

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, then quickly picks up into a synthesizer line, an electric guitar solo, and the vocal begins soon afterward. The edited version omits the strings-and-guitar intro.

Music video

The video was filmed in

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, and alternates studio shots of the trio singing with outdoor shots of lead singer Betty LeBron walking in the rain and reminiscing, with flashbacks to sunny scenes of better days with her former boyfriend.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1990 singles Sweet Sensation songs Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Cashbox number-one singles Pop ballads Rock ballads 1990 songs Atco Records singles Atlantic Records singles 1990s ballads Songs written by Russ DeSalvo {{1990s-pop-song-stub